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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-07-28
The Pretty School Girls.
In country lane or city street

In country lane or city street
one meets them everywhere,
The pretty school girls, biithe and sweet.
Who seem beyond compare;
such bright unconscious Ways have they
A II censure TO di-arm.
The bold and Shy, the grave and gay.
Each with special charm.
on school DAYS they to wisdom. door
Serenely troop along,
or from the open portals pour.
A glad and careless throng;
While holidays behold them roam,
Ia freedom. uurestrained.
or in the friendly bounds OF home
TO useful duties trained.
And through the long vacations they
The freshest charms impsrt
To mountain side or breezy bay.
Where Oft the word-wO ora heart
Grows light To- mark their JOY unpeni
Amid proud fashions sway.
Like Mild flowers with exotic, bleni
In some immense bouquet.
let those who VIII the beauties rauut
To idlcue>- constrained
In hushcd retreat or dreamy haunt,
Sweet-faced but empty Drained.
Those lustrous eyed but useless pearls
OF romance and OF song.
What are the, To our bright sweet girls.
80 happy, brave and strong.
Aud that our darliug- lose DO charm
Who thu, for know ledge strive.
Just mark them ~ they homeward SN ara
or household tasks coutriNF;
The soulful eve. the h'aming face
The bright, vet thoughtful air.
The sweet and intellectual grace
That clothes them everywhere.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-07-28
How TO RELIEVE PAIN.AT NIGHT.

How TO RELIEVE PAIN .AT NIGHT-
have found a speedy and simple rem
ely for relieving pain, cramps, or col
ic at nigh, which may interest some
one. When hot water is quite mprac
ticable in the middle Of the night, light
your lamp which stands on the bedside
table, allow the chimney to heat few
seconds, remove and wrap in flannel,
aud apply to the part affected, and in
staut relief will be afforded. Nothing
is equal to cloths wrung in boiling wa
ter, but this plan is fair substitute
Good Housekeepinq.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-07-28
In Insolvency. Notice Of
Second Meeting.
STATE OF MANI

HANCOCK IS Court Of Insolvency.
In the case of Frank bradbury. Of Franklin,
In said county, Insovent debtor
THIS is TO give notice that pursuant to order
of court therefor, second meeting of the cred
itors of said InsOlyent Debtor will he held at
the Probate Office in Elisw orth, in said county, on
Thursday, the 18th day of Aug, A. D., lss5, at
ten O'Clock In the forenoon, for the purposes
named in Chapter 20, of the Revised Statutes of
said State of Maine and amendments thereto.
Attest ;-CHAa. +. DoRR,
2wa9 Register of said Court.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-07-28
NONRESIDENT Taxes.

q'iE following list Of taxes real estate Of non.
l. resident owners in the town OF >edgwick, for
tHe year Of l->i. in bills committed to p. L. stan
ley, collector Of said toxin. en- the 18th day OF
April A. D., l>eb. ha, been returned by him 10 me
a. remaining unpaid on the 2sth day Of april \
~. los7 lay ms certificate of that date and now re
main unpaid aud notice hereby given that If the
said taxes. interest and charges not paid into
the treasury II said town within eighteen months
from the date Of commitment of the said bills, SO
much of the real estate taxed viii be sufficient
to pay the amount due thereon, including interest
and charges VIII without further notice lie sold
az puhli aurtiOn al the store of HerIick. smith
Co, in >edgwick aforesaid on the second day
January, ISIS. st ten clock in the forenoon.
Name and Description Acres. Tax.
W T.. Iandage, unk'n, on the
road leading frem >argentvilie
10 Black school House, 26 sic
SAMUEL HERRICk,
Treasurer of Sedgwick.
fSedgwiek, July 5, lss7. 3was
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-07-28
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New York Fashions at Watering Places.
OuT-DooR CosTuMEs-LAwN DREssEs
BATHING AND TRAVELLING SUITs-
COUNTRY HATS

OuT-DooR CosTuMEs-LAwN DREssEs
-BATHiNG AND TRAVELLING SUITs-
COUNTRY HATS.
Loose blouse waists are we'll nigh
universal in all kinds of outdoor eos
tunes the favorite model being gath
cred by draw string at the waist and
falling deeply over the hips. Sailor
collars are much liked. and sashes ar
ranged more or less effectively at the
wais. may fall at one side. Yachting
and boating costumes are most stylish
now when of stiff material. but the
irrepressinlc blue flannel trimmed with
white or cream braid maintains its posi-
ton sleeves are full and finished
with Wristbands. while skirts are usu-
ally without cores.
BATHISG Dresses
ale made for the most part "t serge.
twilled OF striped fiannel,, or jersey
webbing tlic stripes being a1out um inch
wide and usually OF blue or red. some
times there are combination suits, a.
where the ,kilt is striped with blouse
and drawers plain. Blue suits Hiu-
med With red or w,,itr braid >uuie-
times have cirmiscttrS mad" Wy iWuv
rows of nraid lhH skin, ard, s'e,t,-
ornamcniei IN keeping. and Their, x
some pretty white bathing suits tflm-
med with the same jc,Nct hatal
suits tit the figure more closely lu cN-
CRY part and sometimes broad ssh
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-07-28
Aver S Pills,

Prepared ~ Ir J. c. AysrSCo Lowell, Mass
sold by all Dealers ~ Medicine
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ness same as an Incorpora-
ted Bank.
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The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

THE pursuit OF the swordnsh,n Pro
lessor Goode says, sis much more ex-
citing than ordinary fishing, for it resem-
bles the hunting Of large animals upon
the land and partakes more of the nature
of the chase, There is no slow or careful
batting aud patient waiting, and no dis
appointment caused 10y the accidental
capture Of worthless bait stealers. The
game is seen and followed, and outwitted
by wary tactics and killed by strength of
arm and skin. The swordfsh is power
iul antagonist, sometimes, and sends his
pursuers' vessel into harbor leaking, and
almost sinking, from injuries he has in
nlcted. | haze known vessel to be
struck by wounded swordflsh as many as
twenty times in season.
There is even the spice of personal
danger to give SAVIOR to the chase, for the
men are occasionally injured by the in
tnriated fish One OF Capt Ashby's
crew was severely wounded by sword
fish, which thrust his beak through the
oak floor OF boat on which he was stand
ing and penetrated about two inches in
his naked heel The strange fascination
draws men 10 this pursuit when they
have once learned its charms. An old
swordhsherman, who had followed the
pursuit for twenty years, told me that
when he was on the cruising ground he
tished all night in his dreams, and that
many a time he has bruised his hands
and rubbed the skin Off his knuckles by
striking them against the ceiling Of his
bunk when he raised his arms to thrust
the harpoons into visionary monster
swordhshes. New York Mail and Ex.
uress.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
Caused by Shaking Hnnda.

In speaking with an old army officer on
the subject of the frequent Indian out
breaks within the past few years, he adj
vanced singular theory, which, to his
mind, at least accounted satisfactorily
for much that has heretofore seemed in
applicable. Said my friend: in old
times, when it was necessary to prove the
assent to a written contract of persons
who could neither read nor write. this
was done by afIixing their seals When
the Indian makes contract he does SO by
word of mouth, sealing the contract with
that solemnity which, to redskin means
all things-he shakes hands upon 1t. This
is custom with the Indian which is re-
served exclusively to ratify his contract,
and never, as with us, in salutation.
"When an occasion Of Importance de-
mands that the chiefs shall come to Wash
ington before starting they represent to
their tribes the business in hand and state
that they will go and see the Great Father.
with whom they Hll enter into treaty.
Arrived in Washington, an interpreter
presents their case to the president who.
in good will To show that he is not above
giving a kind reception To the humblest
man in the country, advances aud pruffcrs
his hand. The chiefs are delighted, and
return to their tribes, setting forth that
the Great Father has acceded To their
wishes because, after hearing the case. he
shook hands with them II, after the ex-
ecution Of contract In the presence OF
witnesses subsequently sworn 10 and re-
corded, we should then break IL so that a
suit in court would be the only remedy to
the party injured thereby the situation
would not be more serious here, while the
president shakes hands with an Indian
who afterward does not get or enjoy what
he understood would he given by that act
of handshaking. All Of which goes to
prove, in conclusion, that the president
should never shake hands with an In.
dian Nv Ashington Letter.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
Gable on howells.

ain lecture at the Deerlleld Summer
School of Romance" says the New York
Evening Post. MIR, G. W. Cable predict
ed that some of llowells' works will be
read in the coming centuries for the truth
is In them To quote Mr.. Cables exact
words lie keeps his readers Ia a con
slant state of anxious alarm for fear he
Is going TO drag them down 10 the turhid
realities which he presents In his pages.
But he never does so. The reader reads
on always In fine indignation against the
smallness and commonplace, and ends at
last superior to their belittling Influences
aud henrer 10 the ideal set over against
them than he first began 10 read. In
writing fiction, he said there should al
ways be a moral purpose. The best
fiction the world has over seen are the
parallels Of our Lord. Uncle Tom 3
Cabin was novel with a great moral
purposes. II Was another shot that was
heard around the world other great
masters of fiction were Iurgeuefi Tolstio,
Dickens Charles KpAde, and llawetls
The latter In his a Modern Inst nee
shows Ia their true coiors the iuiquittes
Of the divorce laws Of some Of our States
aud our social mistakes Al one time
this writer did not have a moral purpose
IN view. but he has long since abandoned
that position. Bot even tue Hittian
should not cause US 10 be- Incorporate iu
its uses
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
A Railway Anniversary.

"Just thirty-eight years ago to-day IL
marked a veteran railroad man. saturday
Dec. 3 last, "the first train for the &C
commodation of the public, entered
Waterylle The road was opened the
week previous by the officials aud stock
holders, who run an excursion train over
it on "A tour of inspection On the morn
ing of December 3, 1879, train started
from Portland for Waterylllc, in charge
of Conductor Amon BODICE, now dead
and gomez, G. q. Baker, living now In
Portland, acting as baggage master.
From w aterv HE, also, a train " hich had
gone there the night before to be in
readiness started for Portland. This
train was in charge of Conductor G. NJ
Darrell, now retired, living in Wateryille
and had for baggage master William
Plaisted, still running as conductor on
the Boston & Maine railroad" Speaking
of this first trip Mr.. Baker mcuti med
above says:
at was much such fall AS the present
no snow to remain on the grounds hay
ing fallen, II was a beautiful morning
when we started, but about ten . clock
1t commenced to snow. We came back
through ten inches of il, but we can't
on time. Yes, Watcryille first saw the
cars from the back road All that tim,
the road up the kennebec had been con
structcd as far As Richmond, only. July
I'd, 1919, the back road had been com
pleted to Winthrop, and the first TRAN
entered there on that date. October Is
Of the same year saw us enter Readtcld
At this time our track extended to Dan
vile Junction only, on the back road, an,
to Yarmouth junction on the main line
From there to Portland our cars wer,
hauled by the Atlantic & st. Lawrenc,
Railroad from the Grand Trunk. whlol
had been completed as far As Meehaui,
Falls. They took our trains coupled OF
behind these junction points and Port
land"
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

The President claims that carpenters,
ioiners, blacksmlths, tailors, masOns,
butchers, bakers and makers of agrlcultu-
raj implements are not benefited by pro-
tective tariff, because their wages are not
thereby directly increased aud because
they are Obliged to pay for such imported
goods az they use, an enhanced price by
reason of the tariff. Out OF 1889 90
persons In the country engaged in all
kinds of industries, he excludes all but
1928, ll2 as not being even remotely ben
Edited by protection. He Ignores the
strong argument Of protectionists that
the prosperity Of any one leading iudus-
try of the land increases the prosperity pf
others that whatever puts money into
the pockets of class OF laburers in
creases their patronage Of the tailor,
butcher and baker, aud that the whole
II, 600, 900 Industrial laborers Of tile
United States are prosperous beyond
those Of any free trade country lie also
entirely oycrlooks the well settled facts
that protection always stimulates ptodue-
ton so that competition keeps down the
price. and that the eras OF greatest pros
perity IN this country have been those Of
taritf prot ection. - HaterplHs S,nnaei
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
Tho National Grange.

Thirty-one States were represented at
the meeting, total of about one thou
sand delegates being present.
National Lecturer Whitehead reported
that he had during the past year visited
twenty-three States in the discharge ot
his duties, had delivered 263 lectures and
had distributed over six hundred thou
sand circulars aud tracts Of information
The secretary's report showed that lie
original charters a. duplicate charters,
~ deputies certificates aud dlspenSatlens
for l43 new Oranges have been issued
during the year.
The fifth and sixth degrees were con
ferred on "A class of nearly 5oo, half Of
them being from Michigan, and the rest
from New York and the Middle States
The following votes were passed That
the .nitcd States Commissioner of Agrl-
culture be made a member of the Nation
al Grange whenever he is Patron; hat
a State Grange may be represented Ia The
national body by its overscer h'neNcr
the master is unable Ia attend; / hat the
Grange recommend to Congress a redue-
| ton of postage on seeds, plants ami
| bulbs. the issue of fractional currency
| for use in the mails, the abolition ol pos
tai notes, and the issue OF money Orders
of 81 or less for fee of ) cents That
y
CARNATIONS to fix the price OF Initiation
into subordinate oranges, a matter here
tofore regulated by the national arganiza-
tom; That Congress he asked Ia reduce
the bonded debt Of the country from The
Treasury surplus; That dealings in .lu-
lures" be denounced, and State oranges
urged to petition their legislatures 10 en-
act such laws as will make dealings of
this nature criminal oticnsc; That nit
ed States Senators and roStmasters Doe
elected by direct vote OF the people. and.
That State Oranges he allowed To- confer
the Sixth, or Floral Degree, al their fr-
spectiYe meetings.
Capital Grange rendered the &uti9naI
Grange an entertainment and reception ou
Saturday evening. This grange is oue ot
the most successful in the country has "A
membership of 2Go, and has not missed
meeting once n week for thirteen years
At the reception one of the pleasing fea-
lures was n representation OF Columbia
and the thrty-eight States by young ladies
each of whom represented a state and
read four line verse In It's honor Maine
was represented by Miss Pearl Bank-u
jewel of girl-and she said
"Thc BORDER State" will give YOU srsts
For ships whose m',ts sill reach the stAzz,
And il you lack in the good cause,
Can furnish prohibition laNs"
The next meeting viii be held at Tapc-
ka Kansas.
Following are the names of the officers
lust elected for ls87-s Worthy Mas
ter, Put Darden, Mississippi; Oxer~eer
Jos. Draper. Massachusetts,; Lecturer,
Mortimer Whitehead, New Jersey Stew
ard, Y. y. Charles, Virginia. Assistant
Steward, j. II. Hale, Connecticut Chap
lain, A }. Rose, TeXas.-EaSterH Farmer
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
A Confession.

Mr.. Clearance B. Burleigh, who is at
the head of the Kennebec journal, Is
probably the youngest editor in Maine,
being only go years old Eastern State.
That lets us out! We won't kick; but
how about Bro. Haskell, of the Pttsiield
Advertiser Corinna Advertiser.
Well, we will rise and admit the hui
initiating factor which, however, we
are not to blame-that we haven't been
lagally man for twclvemonth yet
Pittsheld Advertiser.
How many years have you been an
editor, Bro. Haskell? Please tell us the
whole story. 1t is crcditabe one.
And now editor Bracket of the Phillips
Phonograph, rises to explain in regard to
age and says;
1.-THE Photograph has never voted yet
''tween you'n me" we are "kinder cal
culaten" to threw in one for Jim Blaine
next fall"
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

The following compliment OF the
Maine Farmer and the horse and poultry
editor, DIR. Twilchell, formerly a Somer-
set man, appears in the Lowell, Mass.
journal
The Maine Farmer has begun Volume
Sc. 1t Is one of the best of our numer-
Gus agricultural exchanges. II Is never
carried away with vagares, but believes
in experiment and progress and In hold
ing fast tina. which is good. 1t has a
strong State pride always on tap. and has
been as great power for the prosperity Of
Maine during the last half century AS the
State could boast. II tells always about
Maine farmers and what they are doing
has one of the best poultry editors 10 be
found In the country, Is printed In large
type on first-rate paper, and the only
thing about 1t, as an exchange, that we
have to regret is, that we cant cut our
copy land our agricultural shears usually
make mince-meat Of IT. and have II, too.
We have seriously thought Of asking for
two copies on exchange, aud would do
30, II we could render an equivalent.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

Fact which have come Into thr p0es-
essiau Of the nfllrr- Investigating the re-
cent assault upon sad robbery at So
900 from Peter Bennett. have resulted in
the arrest on suspicion - Frank raGteu,
whose eifc II "a granddaughter Of BEN
mott, andlwhu lived iu thc house. ] he
most damaging fact that The officers lis
covered in their Investigation was that
Fattsn had tried ta bus soute leather
book-=traps iE Newport village similar Ia
those found aud supposed % have been
obtained Tor the purpose % binding the
Old man fsiten -tpuuy druies and com
plcltY in The robbery. sud says be Is also
sure that yoaug Bennett had nothing To
do with b. Sc is a small sized fellow T.
about rs Year, old aud possessed OF only
very ordinary Intelligence While rAtten
il not directly charged with The robbery.
Il Is believed shat be is 10 some WAY con-.
hecied with n lie was taken u Bangor.
DOT discharged.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
Representative Reed

The vote cas-, BY the Republicans II she House
yesterday for Thomas Is. Heed u Maine. iuf
speaker, was a deserved compliment Nj
Heed is one u the sblsss men Ia Congress enc
OF those rare men Who can cawbine 81 ptth
wisdom, az Sidney smith did. and msks gseu
think as well laugh. HIS famous reply -
Mr.. Springer ~hsn ths latter aid that be
would rather be right lhsa b President = aes
eHcelled Ia the whole history " feP&rtss
"Yon'll never b. either, said be NJ kesa "a
forcibls aud effective sPsassr snd = sttfslnslf
popular among his colleagues. His hauaiastau
doabtless tsesas that he u conceded % b
leader AZ his party ga thu h9ofi Aaa no doghs
there ~ll b. good reports VI hiH.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
A EallaCY.

One of the most fallacious assumptions
that revenue reformers can indulge in Is
that reduction of the tariff will reduce
the revenue. The reductions which have
been made in the tariff In recent years
have had u directly contrary effect,
When the duties on foreign goods are
lowest they can be had most cheaply, the
larger the importations, and the duties
collected upon them are proportionally
increased. Unless, therefore, the Presl-
dent IS prepared to close our custom
houses and favor absolute free trade his
plan will have the contrary effect to that
which he claims to desire-namely re-
duction of revenue.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

r. Dobson & Co., of the Pioneer Wool
en- Mills, Pittsted, have about complete
ed the outside work on their new four-set
extension and will soon be ready to put
in the machinery. Their eight-set mill is
now driven to its fullest capacity, rum
ming the carling and spinning depart
ment from four o'clock in the morning
to ten at night.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
DON'T sury His Tslent.

lis it any kindness writes pcrpie 4
ed uacle. % give a stupid boy college
education 3 Certainly Il Is. Il makes
him much stapitier II stupidity Is his
only talent develop IL, strengthen It, ia
crease it. general density, and IL will be
ssefal 10 aim II will get him elected
school trustee, aud may be make him
president Of the board OF eduestion.
boat barry bis talent
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

Among the numerous patents of late
issued by the Patent office at Washing
ton we notice one by Chas. V. Richards Of
Skowhegan, assignor of onehalf to A.
b. Merrill, Bangor, "Toggle Fastening
for Buttons. "A sharp or needle-shaped
fastening for buttons and other articles,
provided with longitudinal slot and an
intermediate crook on one side of its
slot whereby said fastening serves to
puncture and makes its own passage
through the fabric Of garment to which
TT secures the button or article.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The undersigned having been restored to
health by simple means, after suffering
for several years with severe lung
affection, and that dread disease COnsump-
ton, is anxious to make known to his fell
low sufferers the means of cure. To
those who desire it, he will cheerfully
send Gree of CHARGE copy of the pre-
seription used, which they will find sure
for Consumption, Asthma. Catdrrh, Bron-
chitis and all throat and lung Maladies.
He hopes all sufferers will try his Rene
dy, as it is invaluable. Those desiring
the prescription, which will cost them
nothing, and many prove blessing, will
please address, REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg, Kings County, New York.
4m37*
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

The Presidents message has created
widespread dissatisfaction in Texas
among the wool raisers, who will take
steps to form national organization to
combat the removal of the duty on wool.
They don't propose to take Dr. Cleye-
lands medicine.
The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-14

The REpRoTER received pleasant call
from Mr. V. Darling, the travelling agent
of the Industrial Journal Saturday last
Mr.. Darling said he was impressed with
the evidences OF business enterprise and
thrift of our town, and with the fact that
our rate Of taxation was, including viii
lage corporation and town, but SO mills
on the dollar. lie will doubtless give
Skowhegan good report in that very
valuable paper, the Industrial journal,
which ought to be literally patronzed
here and elsewhere.